petalism
noun
pet·al·ism
-lˌizəm
plural -s
: an ancient Syracusan method of banishing for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition compare ostracism
Word History
Etymology
Greek petalismos banishment by voting with olive leaves, from petalon leaf + -ismos -ism
- leaf-book
- leaf-bud cutting
- leaf-climbing
- leaf-cushion
- leaf-cutter
- leaf-cutting bee
- leaf-drop streak
- leaf-eating ladybird
- leaf-foot bug
- leaf-footed
- leaf-footed bug
- leaf-mining
- leaf-nosed
- leaf-nosed snake
- leaf-peeping
- leaf-raker
- leaf-raking
- leaf-shaped
- leaf-tailed gecko
- leafage
- leafages
- leafbird
- leafbirds
- leafboy
- leafbuds